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Posted By: Jeff Lichtman

Jim, you are quite the optomist. I don't think that any auction house will agree to any code of conduct which might impact their bottom line. While Doug claims that profit is only the 4th or 5th most important thing at Mastro, why then do they bother to resubmit cards, flatten out corners and get rid of creases? Obviously the answer is that the difference between a 1948 Leaf DiMaggio in PSA 4 compared to PSA 8 equals a huge amount of money to the auction house.

What I would find refreshing is if we heard the following from auction houses: "We try to make as much money as humanly possible - like our customers do in their businesses - but we will do it without affecting the integrity of the hobby." I wish that the latter sentiment were true and not just the former.